What would it take . . for you to get into a fist fight? I mean things like threatening your family are a given anything else? Rocket River
I can't really think of anything that would incite me to throw a punch, other than the obvious(self defense, possible life threatening situation, etc). I just don't see the point.
I tried to avoid fights as much as possible but the last time I almost got into an actual bar room brawl was New Years 2005. I was at a bar and some angry drunk wanted to mix it up with me. I didn't and walked out and he followed me and kept on yelling at me to fight along with calling me chicken. I sit down outside on the bar patio with my friends who are trying to get a cab. This guys friends along with my friends try to calm this guy down but he keeps on yelling at me and then he tells one of my friends, the skinniest and smallest of my group, that he's going to kick his @ss. At that point I got pissed off because its one thing to want to fight me and then to threaten a friend of mine, especially singling out the weakest of my group. I stand up to face him and I'm ready to throw down. His friends and my friends try to run interference but after a minute my they give up and I square off with him. I take a stance and at this point I can see that this guy realizes he might've picked on the wrong guy and he doesn't want to fight. So I drop my hands and tell him to take the shot. I even do the stick my jaw out and hands behind my back but he doesn't take a shot and backs off and goes away.
Don't need fists to hit someone in the balls. You can be a "man" and fight with your fists and probably lose. I'm going to be a "winner" and kick the balls as hard as I can, then use the fists!
Beyond what you call given, nothing really, except to protect and defend another person outside of my family. There are no words or non-injurious physical actions a person could take that would cause me to fight them. In fact, I would probably spend most of my energy trying to analyze the situation to figure out why things to got to that point.
1. 2001 Heckler calling me a n****. I'd handle it differently now 2. 2003 Dude throwing a dead snake on me. I'd handle it differently now. 3. 1997 My cousin breaking into my apartment and stealing my wifes jewelry. I'd handle it differently now 4. 1994 A guy punched me in the face when I tried to stop him from beating on his wife. I'd do it again.
alcohol, it's a dangerous mixed with egos. i always always always almost get into fights, usually because i don't know when to stop my drinking. i always regret it in the morning because when i'm sober, i don't fight. i hate fighting. it's causing a lot of problems with my friends, and also with my co-workers. need advice. thanks everyone.
i have never punched anyone on the face and i have never been punched on the face. Theres been close calls into gettin into a fight but nothing escalates past the shoving
Besides the obvious, which is threat of serious injury/life for me or someone very important to me, nothing. I don't drink, so that automatically takes out alcohol rages. Otherwise, if I'm threatened, I'd choose to run away, back off, call for help, or solve the issue in another manner.
Man, that's dangerous in this day and age. You might fight with the wrong guy one night, and end up getting shot. I would recommend you stop drinking so much, and thus stop fighting. I recall the last time I went to a club with my group of friends at the time. One friend was usually a bit loud and frankly kind of a jerk when he drank too much (which was very little). One night, he mixed words with this guy on the way out.....of all times.......we were about to go home. They push each other, and all of the sudden the guy's girlfriend steps up and yells at my friend.....my friend puts his hands around her neck, and pushes her away. The bouncers break it all up, and we are outside waiting to get our car, and the we look across the street, and the two people mentioned above, plus about 8 more, are all huddled around the back of an SUV with the tailgate up. I could not see clearly, but I swear I saw a handgun. I wasn't totally sure, but I wasn't going to play guessing games with this one. I walked up to the group of my friends and told them we needed to leave....so we walked, quickly to the car even though we had already sent a guy to get it. The jerk of a friend stays there, and says he will watch them while we get the car, and we will swing by and pick him up. We do and as he hops in, they all quickly load into their SUV and take off after us, and we peel off into the neighboring residentail area and kill the headlights. I tell the driver to make several turns, and we end up on the highway.....never saw them again. I shudder to think about what may have happened had we not exited quickly. All that to say....you never know who you are dealing with. Stop fighting.
As a dad with two daughters, I'll be surprised if I run the gauntlet of loser guys and obnoxious dads without unloading on someone between now and the time they get out of college.
